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Definitions for Locate

[1] to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
[2] to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
[3] to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
[4] to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.
[5] to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
[6] (tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
[7] (tr; often passive) to situate or place located on the edge of the city
[8] (intr) to become established or settled

Words related to Locate

unearth, detect, pinpoint, spot, discover, station, strike, uncover, establish, reside, set, situate, park, stand, put, inhabit, read, position, place, determine

Words nearby Locate

locally compact space, locally euclidean space, locally finite set, locarno, locarno pact, locate, locatelli, location, locative, locator, locavore

Origin of Locate

1645–55, Americanism ; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1

Other words from Locate

lo·cat·a·ble , adjective
in·ter·lo·cate , verb (used with object), in·ter·lo·cat·ed, in·ter·lo·cat·ing.
pre·lo·cate , verb, pre·lo·cat·ed, pre·lo·cat·ing.
self-lo·cat·ing , adjective
un·lo·cat·ed , adjective

Synonyms for Locate

detect, discover, establish, pinpoint, spot, station, strike, uncover, unearth, determine, hook, place, position, read, come across, come upon, ferret out, get at, happen upon, hit upon, lay one's hands on, light upon, meet with, pick up on, pin down, search out, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, trip over, zero in on